Suspenders



A. S. MANN. SUSPENDBRS.

(No Model.)

PatentedvJuly 7.1891.

I R B NITED Srafrnsl PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM S. MANN, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,409, dated J'Jlly'7, 1891. Application iiled May 2'I7, 1889. Serial No. 312.199. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, t may concern: c

Be it known thatl, ABRAM S. MANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain Improvements in Suspenders, o f which thefollowing is a specication, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

Myinvention relates to certain improvements in Suspenders, whereby theirflexibility or capacity for self-adj ustment to the positions of thebody of the wearer is increased by means of a connection between thelong webs or shoulder-straps and the short webs, formed by a lacingwhich permits the two sections consisting of the long and short membersto make the requisite relative movements.

My improvements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, and the novel features,thereof speciied in the claims anneXed to the ,said specification.

vMy improvements in Suspenders are represented in the accompanyingdrawings, in whichp Figure l is a rear elevation. Fig. 2 is a section onthe line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a section representin ga modification.Fig. 4L is a section through one of the rollers on an enlargedscale.

In the accompanying drawings, A A represent the long webs or shoulder-straps, which are made of any suitable material of the req-4 uisitelength, and which are provided at their front ends with any suitableattachments.l

The short webs or back-straps are represented at B B.

C is the cord or lacing by which the long and short sections of theSuspenders are con# nected together, so as to permit their self-ad,-justment in order to adapt themselves to the movements of the wearer.The lacing passes around a series of studs, which are preferablyprovided with rollers, said studs being inserted in the webs or inplates or flaps secured thereto.

In the construction shown in Figs. l and 2 D represents the studs, E therollers, and F F the plates attached to the suspenderfsections. Thelacing slides about or on the studs or rollers, so as to permit therelative selfadjustment of the plates vin accordance with the movementsof the person wearing the suspenders, as indicated by the dotted lines FF" in Fig. l. The ends of the lacing are fasten ed together bybeinglapped-and compressed 55 within a metallic clamp H, or they may besecured by any suitable knot. The clamp may be made small enough to passaround the studs or rollers, and the use of the knot for securing theends of the lacing permits the 6o ends of the sections to be adjusted soas to vary the length of the Suspenders. The studs are secured in thewebs and the flaps by be` ing riveted at their ends, Washers beingprovided on both the inner and outer surfaces of 65 the fabric, asrepresented most clearly in Fig.

4C. The studs may be applied by being inserted at one end in the webitself and at the other end in a flap or plate, such as R, Fig.

3, which plate is itself attached to the web, 7o

or the studs may be inserted in the two opposing flaps F P, Fig.

In another form of construction the studs are inserted at one end in aflap F, Fig. 2, and

at the other end in the plate J, which is se- 75 cured to the flap.Theliap is secured to the end of the web, which is re-enforced, ifdesired, by the additional plate L. The aps or plates may be made of anysuitable material.- such as leather, paper, wood, cloth, or web- 8obing-being covered orbound in anypreferred manner. The stud D isprovided with shoul ders, against which the inner washers N', Fig. 4,bear, while the outer Washers N are secured in place by riveting overthe ends of the studs. 8 5 The lacing will slide on the studs alone;'but i the use of the' rollers increases the freedomy of the self-adjusting movement and materially t Vreduces the friction and wear. i

My invention is applicableI to shoulder- 9o braces, as well asSuspenders. lt will, be observed that the long Webs A Alor shoulderstraps are connected together at their ends and secured permanentlytogether at a suitable angle by means of the Hap or other means 95employed for the attachment of the studs, and also that the short webs BB are similarly attached togetherl at the proper angle. The sus-`penders are thus divided into two sections, the opposing ends of whichare connected torco. y

gether by the lacing, which permits them to adjust themselves relativelyto each other in accordance with the movements of the wearer, therebysecuring an increase of comfort and v durability. It isobvious, also,that the capacity for self-adjustment may be increased by dividing theplate or plates F, so that the ends of the straps A A are permitted aeertain amount of relative movement, the divided plate in such casebeing either connected together and tol the plate on the ends of theshort straps by the lacing only or by any suitable form of attachmentwhich will allow the requisite freedom ot' movement.

I claiml. The combination, with the two long Webs or shoulder-straps AA', of the two shorter webs B B connected together by the lacing C,extending between suitable attachments on

